Formally launching the ECOWAS GENDER Applications, masking Obstetrics Fistula, Women of Excellence Scholarship, Agricultural Fishery, Arts and Crafts, and Meals Processing, the Minister of Gender, Youngsters and Social Safety, Madam Gbeme-Horace Kollie, pledged Liberia’s dedication to making sure that the anticipated positive aspects of the applications, are achieved.
She burdened nationwide possession alongside a broader collaboration with key stakeholders, noting that the empowerment dividends for beneficiaries, who’re underprivileged ladies, will likely be impactful.
Addressing the gathering, comprising officers of presidency, Heads of some ECOWAS Specialised Establishments, key personal sector actors and bizarre Liberians, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Growth&Social Affairs, Professor Fatou Sow-Sarr, applauded the Liberian authorities for its unwavering assist and continued dedication to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of ladies and ladies, inclusive of great progress in lowering gender gaps in recent times.
Professor Fatou Sow-Sarr, a passionate proponent of Gender parity, acknowledged that following the creation of the ECOWAS Gender Growth Middle-EGDC in January 2003 in the course of the twenty sixth Session of Heads of State and Authorities, the middle has “initiated a number of applications by adopting a multidimensional technique referring to the mixing of the gender dimension, which includes the institutionalization of gender points, the strengthening of research, analysis capacities and growth, the institution of an data system, advocacy actions, partnership applications, and political dialogue”.
The ECOWAS Human Growth and Social Affairs Commissioner re-emphasized the middle’s provision of medical and monetary help to girls and ladies affected by obstetric fistula, promotion of Women within the Specialised Technical and Vocational Coaching Sector by way of the granting of excellence scholarships and supporting girls in bettering the standard and competitiveness of their agricultural merchandise, amongst others.
To additional improve the viability of the ECOWAS Gender Growth Middle applications in Liberia, the Director of EGDC, Madam Sandra Oulate Fattoh, introduced copies of the Coverage Temporary on the Flagship applications of the middle, together with a Symbolic Fistula Test of USD$250,000, which by far exceeds assist in earlier years.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS).